Dakin Matthews

I'm a workaholic, and I know it. And I don't care to deal with it.

— Dakin Matthews

I'm an OK singer.

— Dakin Matthews

Moliere exaggerates common vices of mankind: lust, greed, misanthropy, hypocrisy. We all have a touch of these.

— Dakin Matthews

I'm not saying that theatre is a doomed profession, but if a person wants to stay in it very long, they'd better…

— Dakin Matthews

Hamlet is the result of Shakespeare's work on Brutus.

— Dakin Matthews

You can't argue that you have to have art, and prove it to anybody. Why should I give $1,000 to art when…

— Dakin Matthews

I didn't ever intend to or want to be an actor. I'm not one of those people of whom they say, 'If…

— Dakin Matthews

If I were on 'Survivor,' I might be the first off the island.

— Dakin Matthews

Theater is a local art. You perform for the people in the theater that day.

— Dakin Matthews

I'm making my Broadway musical debut at the age of 73 - it's a kind of interesting career arc.

— Dakin Matthews

If an L.A. actor is a star or a good face, and they want to get cred by doing a serious Shakespeare…

— Dakin Matthews

I'm here in Hollywood to do film and television and make enough money to get my kids through college.

— Dakin Matthews

I believe that the arts of a culture are terribly important and yet almost indefensible.

— Dakin Matthews

Often, directors toss playwrights out of rehearsals.

— Dakin Matthews

I actually only speak English and Latin. Medieval philosophy was my major, so we pretty much had to study in Latin.

— Dakin Matthews

'School for Wives' is Moliere's first step toward grand comedy, but he still has one foot in commedia.

— Dakin Matthews

I think there's something about a sylvan setting; you want grass and nature with outdoor Shakespeare.

— Dakin Matthews

I sort of got fooled into acting, actually. I never intended to do it.

— Dakin Matthews